Activities of Catherine GUY-QUINT related to 2008/2054(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Financial aspects of the Lisbon Treaty (A6-0183/2009, Catherine Guy-Quint)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the financial aspects of the Lisbon Treaty PDF (357 KB) DOC (208 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Indent 8 a (new)
Indent 8 a (new)
- having regard to the conclusions of the European Council of 11 and 12 December 2008 on the approach to reviving work in respect of the Treaty of Lisbon,
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the European Council of 11 and 12 December 2008 reaffirmed that the Treaty of Lisbon is necessary in order to help the enlarged Union to function more efficiently, more democratically and more effectively, including in international affairs, and whereas it defined an approach and legal guarantees in response to the concerns expressed by the Irish electorate, with a view to enabling the Treaty to enter into force before the end of 2009, while respecting the aims and objectives of the Treaties,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Council to employ that arrangement wherever possible in order to make the decision-making procedure more flexible and to ensure that the decision on own resources reflects the truly essential aspects of the Lisbon Treaty;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Is convinced that the correctness of the decision toreform Treaty will strengthen its powers un, providerd the reform Treaty will be borne out mainly by its ability to manageat it can equip itself with the means to manage effectively both the tighter timetable and the greater need to plan ahead thoroughly which will result from the introduction of the new procedure;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Emphasises that it would be desirable, without prejudice to the political nature of the procedure for the appointment of its members by the political groups, for Parliament'’s delegation to the Conciliation Committee must necessarilyto be headed by the chairman of the Committee on Budgets and for it to incorporate, in addition to the members of that committee, members of the specialist parliamentary committees whose work has significant budgetary implications;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41
Paragraph 41
41. Proposes that these proceedings should be prepared by an interinstitutional technicalpreparatory working party comprising the general rapporteur and representatives of the political groups, for Parliament, and the Permanent Representative of the country holding the Presidency, who may be accompanied by representatives of the two other Presidencies in the troïka;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44
Paragraph 44
44. Emphasises that the parallelism between the extension of Parliament'’s budgetary powers to cover all Union expenditure and the widening of the codecision procedure to encompass almost all legislation calls for greater account to be taken of the budgetary dimension to legislative activity; with that aim in view, regards it as essential that cooperation between the Committee on Budgets and the sectoral committees should be stepped up in order to take due account of the financial impact of Parliament'’s legislative activity, in particular its impact on the MFF and the annual budget; proposes, accordingly, that the legislative conciliation committees on matters with financial implications should include a member of the Committee on Budgets; to that end, points to the work of the Working Party on Parliamentary Reform, not least as regards the specific forms of cooperation between parliamentary committees set out in the Third interim report;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Reiterates, as of now, its intention of exercising its budgetary powers to the full in connection with these institutional innovations and emphasises the importance of reaching a political agreement with the Council, prior to the entry into force of the Treaty, in due time on funding arrangements for the European Council, and, in particular, its fixed Presidency, and for the future European External Action Service; emphasises that all aspects of the funding arrangements for that service must remain under the supervision of the budgetary authority;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56